{"id":13263,"date":"2011-05-30T15:59:02","date_gmt":"2011-05-30T19:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=13263"},"modified":"2011-05-30T15:59:02","modified_gmt":"2011-05-30T19:59:02","slug":"church-of-the-universe-for-potheads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/church-of-the-universe-for-potheads\/","title":{"rendered":"Church of the Universe for Potheads"},"content":{"rendered":"

From here<\/a>:\"\"<\/p>\n

Shahrooz Kharaghani, who was found guilty this year for trafficking marijuana and hashish in Toronto, has been sentenced to three months in jail.<\/p>\n

The case has had two unusual twists: Mr. Kharaghani, and his co-accused, Peter Styrsky, claimed through the trial that they were part of a religion in which marijuana was the main sacrament. The judge rejected the idea of a religious defense and an expert witness in 2010 said that the Church of the Universe in no way resembles a religious group.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Here<\/a> is what the Church of the Universe believes:<\/p>\n

The Assembly of the Church of the Universe is open to all of God’s Creatures who believe God is God.<\/p>\n

The Assembly of the Church of the Universe is a modern expression of a Religious Culture “Cult” more commonly known as the “Agriculture” which has existed since the very beginning of time. God put us in the midst of The Garden of Eden and instructed us “to dress it and to keep it” for them.\u00a0 Genesis, Chapter 2 Verse 15. God, our Father, God our Mother.<\/p>\n

Be well and prosper.
\nIn peace, bless you, bless you.
\nThe Assembly of 69<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

That sounds admirably inclusive.<\/p>\n

If a judge can conclude that the Church of the Universe \u201cin no way resembles a religious group\u201d<\/em>, look out Anglican Church of Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From here: Shahrooz Kharaghani, who was found guilty this year for trafficking marijuana and hashish in Toronto, has been sentenced to three months in jail. The case has had two unusual twists: Mr. Kharaghani, and his co-accused, Peter Styrsky, claimed … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[2090],"class_list":["post-13263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church-of-the-universe","tag-church-of-the-universe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13263\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}